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8/20/2010
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75% of reviewers
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$499.88
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tclune
Registered: August 2010
Posts: 6
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Tokina 12-24mm f/4 AT-X 124 AF PRO DX II SD review by tclune
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Review Date: 8/20/2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $500.00| Rating: 10
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sharp, high-contrast, excellent color fidelity UWA
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This lens is wonderful! It is well-made, tack-sharp, focuses well and is virtually without CA (which I attribute to my D5000 's processor rather than the lens itself, but on that body this lens is a marvel).
I have taken a set of images at the Grand Rapids Meijer Gardens Chihuly glass sculpture exhibit that illustrate the lens properties: http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/6370541681/albums/chihuly
I down-res'ed the images for upload purposes, but they still give a reasonable idea of what this lens can do. I experimented with indoor hand-held architectural photography using the Tokina here: http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/6370541681/invite/D009981C86CC45969DFDAF45DA9DCDBF
Some people have reported that the lens comes on/off their Nikon only with difficulty. My copy is as well-made in that regard as any Nikkor lens, but YMMV. The only negative I have encountered is that the lens hood impinges slightly on the upper left/right corners of the FOV at max width. All-in-all, I am absolutely thrilled with this lens.
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gtblackwell
Registered: April 2010
Posts: 1
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Tokina 12-24mm f/4 AT-X 124 AF PRO DX II SD review by gtblackwell
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Review Date: 4/3/2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $430.00| Rating: 8
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Well constructed, very good value, quite capable
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none to speak of
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I have taught and practiced design and architecture for nearly 40 years . I bought this lens to photograph architecture and interiors and record my work. I think I have a well trained eye and I have found this lens to be more that satisfactory, it performs well on my D300, focus is accurate, image quality very good and built quality if slightly heavy is certainly solid. I am very pleased with this lens, having owned scores of lenses, mostly Nikon..
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mtravella
Registered: January 2010
Posts: 6
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Tokina 12-24mm f/4 AT-X 124 AF PRO DX II SD review by mtravella
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Review Date: 1/10/2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $499.50| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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price/performance. Quality build
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Cons:
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CA
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I Just bought this lens a week ago and took about a 100 photos
of landscapes and test targets.
I am very impressed by this product compare to a much more expensive Nikon lens.
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darthbaboon
Registered: August 2009
Posts: 1
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Tokina 12-24mm f/4 AT-X 124 AF PRO DX II SD review by darthbaboon
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Review Date: 8/21/2009
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: $570.00| Rating: 3
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Pros:
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Sharp,
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Serious Front/Backfocusing Problems, CA
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I use a Nikon D90 and did extensive reading and finally settled on this lens because it was prolly the most bang for buck around, with a good reach to compliment my 24-70mm f2.8.
Bought this lens and upon testing it, it was pretty apparent that there was backfocusing. Even at f4 the effect was very obvious. Shot almost 40 shots using different angles, different subjects but all ended up with the same result. Tested another copy of the lens and that too had focusing problems. Am now waiting for new stocks to arrive before sending this back to change for a new copy that hopefully doesn't back/front focus.
From initial observations, there's CAs too... although seems controlled and acceptable to a certain degree.
Image is sharp.... but again that's subjective.... because whatever I aim for isn't coming out sharp due to the backfocusing, and something else is instead.
For comparisons purposes, I slapped on a 14-24mm f2.8 Nikon, shot at f2.8, and got on-the-dot focus accuracy.
You get what you paid for I guess.
The Quality Control associated with the Tokina lenses are seriously crap.
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